Canada's Drag Race All Stars
| Canada's Drag Race All Stars | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality competition |
| Presented by | Brooke Lynn Hytes |
| Judges | |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Blue Ant Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | Crave |
| Release | July 9, 2026 – present |
| Related | |
Canada's Drag Race All Stars is a Canadian reality competition television series, as a spin-off for the original Canada's Drag Race and based on the American television franchise RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. It premiered on July 9, 2026 on Canadian television network and streaming service Crave.[1][2][3]
The series is the third spin off from Canada's Drag Race following Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World and Slaycation. Canada is also the third non-American Drag Race franchise to receive an "All Stars" spin off, following Drag Race España All Stars and Drag Race France All Stars.[4][5]
Background
The Canadian edition of the Drag Race franchise, Canada's Drag Race, first premiered in 2020. In 2022 the spinoff Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World premiered. It featured contestants from the original Canadian series returning to compete against contestants from international editions of Drag Race. Contestants from the Canadian edition also appeared on other international "All Stars" and "vs. the World" series including RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World,[6][7] RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars,[8] and Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale.[9] Additionally, Jimbo from the first season of Canada's Drag Race won the eighth season of the American "All Stars" series, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.[10]
Production
The series was officially announced on February 19, 2026, by Bell Media and Crave. It was hosted by Canada's Drag Race host Brooke Lynn Hytes, who was joined on the judges panel by Canada's Drag Race season 1 winner Priyanka and Canada's Drag Race season 1 contestant and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 8 winner Jimbo. This makes it the first all-drag performer judging panel in Drag Race.[11][2]
The series is co-produced by Crave, Blue Ant Studios, and Drag Race production company World of Wonder, all of which have co-produced all seasons of Canada's Drag Race and its spinoffs.[2][12] Executive producers for Blue Ant Studios are Matthew Hornburg, Mark Bishop, Donna Luke, and Laura Michalchyshyn. Trevor Boris is executive producer and showrunner, Shivani Srivastava is supervising producer. Executive producers for World of Wonder are Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, and RuPaul Charles.[2]
The series consists of six 1-hour-long episodes.[1][11] It will feature returning contestants competing to be crowned "Canada's Ultimate All-Star" and win a cash prize of $100,000. It is set to premiere on July 9, 2026.[1][12]
Along with airing on Crave's television network and streaming service in Canada, it is also available internationally on WOW Presents Plus.[12][3]
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Original season(s) | Original placement(s) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Matrix | 26 | Toronto, Ontario | Season 4 | Runner-up | Winner |
| Nearah Nuff | 25 | Calgary, Alberta | Season 4 | 3rd place | Runner-up |
| Jada Shada Hudson | 41 | Toronto, Ontario | Season 3 | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| Sami Landri | 27 | Moncton, New Brunswick | Season 6 | 3rd place[a] | |
| Tiffany Ann Co. | 34 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Season 5 | 10th place | 5th place |
| Makayla Couture | 23 | Toronto, Ontario | Season 5 | Runner-up | 6th place |
| Juice Boxx | 37 | Port Hope, Ontario | Season 1 | 12th place | 7th place[b] |
| Pythia | 31 | Montreal, Quebec | Season 2 | Runner-up | 8th place[c] |
| Global All Stars Season 1 | 7th place | ||||
| Jackie Cox | 40 | New York City, United States | US Season 12 | 5th place | 9th place |
- Notes
Contestant progress
Legend:
| Contestant | Episode | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[13] | 2[14] | 3[15] | 4[16] | 5[17] | 6[18] | |
| Aurora Matrix | SAFE | WIN | WIN | BTM | WIN | Winner |
| Nearah Nuff | BTM | SAFE | BVR | WIN | WIN | Runner-up |
| Jada Shada Hudson | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | Eliminated |
| Sami Landri | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | Eliminated |
| Tiffany Ann Co. | SAFE | BVR | BTM | BVR | ELIM | Guest |
| Makayla Couture | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |
| Juice Boxx | BVR | SAFE | ELIM | Miss C | ||
| Pythia | WIN | ELIM | FF | |||
| Jackie Cox | ELIM | Guest | ||||
Lip syncs
Legend:
| Episode | Bottom All Stars | Song | Eliminated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[13] | Jackie Cox | vs. | Nearah Nuff | "Where Is My Husband!" (Raye) |
Jackie Cox |
| 2[14] | Makayla Couture | vs. | Pythia | "Trust!" (Rebecca Black) |
Pythia |
| 3[15] | Juice Boxx | vs. | Tiffany Ann Co. | "Conga" (Miami Sound Machine) |
Juice Boxx |
| 4[16] | Aurora Matrix | vs. | Makayla Couture | "Black Eye" (Allie X) |
Makayla Couture |
| 5[17] | Nearah Nuff | vs. | Tiffany Ann Co. | "Into You" (Ariana Grande) |
Tiffany Ann Co. |
| Episode | Eliminated All Stars | Song | Winner | ||
| 6[18] | Jackie Cox vs. Juice Boxx vs. Makayla Couture vs. Pythia vs. Tiffany Ann Co. |
"The Queendom (JROB Remix)" (RuPaul) |
Makayla Couture | ||
| Final All Stars | Song | Winner | |||
| Aurora Matrix | vs. | Sami Landri | "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" (Shania Twain) |
Aurora Matrix | |
| Jada Shada Hudson | vs. | Nearah Nuff | "Cut to the Feeling" (Carly Rae Jepsen) |
Nearah Nuff | |
| Aurora Matrix | vs. | Nearah Nuff | "Perfect Celebrity" (Lady Gaga) |
Aurora Matrix | |
Voting history
| Episode | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[13] | 2[14] | 3[15] | 4[16] | |
| Bottom Three |
Jackie Juice Nearah | Makayla Pythia Tiffany | Juice Nearah Tiffany | Aurora Makayla Tiffany |
| Aurora | Juice | Tiffany | Juice | Bottom 3 |
| Jada | Jackie | Pythia | Nearah | Tiffany |
| Nearah | Bottom 3 | Tiffany | Bottom 3 | Tiffany |
| Sami | Jackie | Pythia | Nearah | Tiffany |
| Tiffany | Juice | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 |
| Makayla | Juice | Bottom 3 | Tiffany | Bottom 3 |
| Juice | Bottom 3 | Tiffany | Bottom 3 | |
| Pythia | Juice | Bottom 3 | ||
| Jackie | Bottom 3 | |||
| Golden Beaver |
Juice 4 of 6 votes to save |
Tiffany 3 of 5 votes to save |
Nearah 2 of 4 votes to save |
Tiffany 3 of 3 votes to save |
Guest judges
On June 22, the celebrity guest judges for this season were revealed.[19]
- Kathy Griffin, comedian and actress[13]
- Rebecca Black, singer-songwriter[14]
- Christian Allaire, fashion journalist[15]
- Robby Hoffman, actress[16]
- Lemon, winner of Canada vs. the World season 2, and contestant from Canada's Drag Race season 1 and RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World series 1[17]
Special guests
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 2
- Julia Grosso, Canadian professional soccer player
Episode 3
- Melinda Verga, contestant from Canada's Drag Race season 4 and RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World series 3
- Suki Doll, contestant and Miss Congeniality from Canada's Drag Race season 2 and Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale
Episode 5
- Aleksandar Antonijevic, photographer
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Miss Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent Pageant" | July 9, 2026 | |
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Nine all-stars enter the workroom. For the first main challenge, the queens present two looks for The Miss Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent Pageant: Swimsuit and Elegant Eveningwear, as well as performing a talent number.
On the runway, Brooke Lynn Hytes reveals that the Golden Beaver is back this season. However, instead of the challenge winner being given the power to save one of the bottom three queens from lip-syncing, all of the safe queens will vote anonymously for one of the bottom three queens to receive the Golden Beaver. The queen with the most votes will receive the Golden Beaver and be saved from the bottom two. Aurora Matrix, Pythia and Sami Landri receive positive critiques, with Pythia winning the challenge. Jackie Cox, Juice Boxx and Nearah Nuff receive negative critiques. After the Golden Beaver voting, it is revealed that Juice Boxx has received the Golden Beaver. Jackie Cox and Nearah Nuff lip-sync to "Where Is My Husband!" by Raye. Nearah Nuff wins the lip-sync and Jackie Cox is the first queen to sashay away.
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| 2 | 2 | "Song of the Summer" | July 16, 2026 | |
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For the mini-challenge, the queens play as a goalkeeper while blocking soccer balls. Nearah Nuff wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens write, record, and perform verses to "Body Tea" and "Diva Down".
On the runway, category is Camp. Aurora Matrix and Jada Shada Hudson receive positive critiques, with Aurora Matrix winning the challenge. Makayla Couture, Pythia and Tiffany Ann Co. receive negative critiques. After the Golden Beaver voting, it is revealed that Tiffany Ann Co. has received the Golden Beaver. Makayla Couture and Pythia lip-sync to "Trust!" by Rebecca Black. Makayla Couture wins the lip-sync and Pythia sashays away.
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| 3 | 3 | "The Design Auction" | July 23, 2026 | |
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For this week's mini-challenge, the queens do a polygraph test administered by Jimbo and Melinda Verga. Tiffany Ann Co. wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens bid on items in an auction to help create an outfit.
On the runway, category is Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous. Aurora Matrix and Jada Shada Hudson receive positive critiques, with Aurora Matrix winning the challenge. Juice Boxx, Nearah Nuff and Tiffany Ann Co. receive negative critiques. After the Golden Beaver voting, it is revealed that Nearah Nuff has received the Golden Beaver. Juice Boxx and Tiffany Ann Co. lip-sync to "Conga" by Miami Sound Machine. Tiffany Ann Co. wins the lip-sync and Juice Boxx sashays away.
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| 4 | 4 | "Drag Prime Minister" | July 30, 2026 | |
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For this week's mini-challenge, the queens pair up to create an outfit inspired by an outfit from a previous queen. Aurora Matrix and Makayla Couture win the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens team up to write and star in political campaign advertisements.
On the runway, category is Lavender Haze. Jada Shada Hudson, Nearah Nuff and Sami Landri receive positive critiques, with Nearah Nuff winning the challenge. Aurora Matrix, Makayla Couture and Tiffany Ann Co. receive negative critiques. After the Golden Beaver voting, it is revealed that Tiffany Ann Co. has received the Golden Beaver. Aurora Matrix and Makayla lip-sync to "Black Eye" by Allie X. Aurora Matrix wins the lip-sync and Makayla Couture sashays away.
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| 5 | 5 | "Win To Get In" | August 6, 2026 | |
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For this week's main challenge, the queens compete in the Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent Contest (CUNTest), secure their spot in the Grand Finale through four different challenges. In the first challenge, the queens play the Snatch Game. Priyanka and Jimbo (as Joan Rivers) star as the celebrity contestants. The cast consisted of:
After the Snatch Game, Sami Landri is announced as the winner of the challenge. In the second challenge, the queens do a dollhouse dollhouse inspired photoshoot. On the runway, category is Dollhouse. After the runway, Aurora Matrix is announced as the winner of the challenge. In the third challenge, the queens write, record, and perform verses to "Spotlight". After the performance, Jada Shada Hudson is announced as the winner of the challenge. For the last challenge, Nearah Nuff and Tiffany Ann Co. lip-sync to "Into You" by Ariana Grande. Nearah Nuff wins the lip-sync, and is announced as the winner of the challenge as well, and Tiffany Ann Co. sashays away.
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| 6 | 6 | "Crown Me, Canada!" | August 13, 2026 | |
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On the runway, category is Coronation Eleganza. The queens all return for a reunion. Brooke Lynn Hytes reveals that the eliminated queens will be participating in a mini-challenge, where all five must lip-sync to "Queendom (JROB Remix)" by RuPaul. As the song progresses, queens are eliminated; first Juice Boxx, then Pythia, then Jackie Cox, then Tiffany Ann Co. Makayla Couture wins the mini-challenge. The top 4 queens pick the song that they will perform for the first round of the final lip-sync smackdown; either Man! I Feel Like a Woman! by Shania Twain or Cut to the Feeling by Carly Rae Jepsen. Sami Landri and Aurora Matrix both choose "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", leaving Nearah Nuff and Jada Shada Hudson with "Cut to the Feeling". After the top 4 queens return to the runway for their final performances, Juice Boxx is named Miss Congeniality. Aurora Matrix wins the lip-sync to "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", and Sami Landri sashays away. Nearah Nuff wins the lip-sync to "Cut to the Feeling", and Jada Shada Hudson sashays away. For the final round, Aurora Matrix and Nearah Nuff lip-sync to "Perfect Celebrity" by Lady Gaga. It is announced that Aurora Matrix is the winner, leaving Nearah Nuff as the runner-up.
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